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The man with a BB gun who was shot by four police officers in the secure parking lot of the Strathcona County detachment this summer was trying to get himself killed, according to Alberta’s police watchdog.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says the man admitted to buying the gun with the intention of pointing it at officers to get them to shoot him. “You were supposed to kill me,” he reportedly told officers as they handcuffed him and called medical services.

ASIRT says the officers “acted reasonably” and it is not recommending charges against them.

That’s the police watchdog’s

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